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Post alien looking species

Image
>Goose barnacle

>> No.9349700

>>9349063

I would totally expect seeing something like this on some waterworld. Like Europa or something

>> No.9349702

>>9349700
Forgot pic

>> No.9349704

>>9349700
Or in your mother's putrid snatch.

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>>9349063

>> No.9349708
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I always associated these with being alien eggs. Tasty tho

>> No.9349746

>>9349706
What is that, some kind of echinoderm or sea cucumber?

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>>9349063

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>> No.9350249

>>9349875
echinoderms are weird.

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9350265

The Tongue-Eating Louse

>> No.9351440

>>9349746
Something out of Chordata. Tunic maybe?

>> No.9353317

>>9349746
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyura_chilensis
It's a kind of tunicate. Often referred to as a "living rock."

>> No.9353450

>>9351440
Yep. Some sort of tunicate -- aka Sea Squirt.

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>> No.9353457

>>9350265
DELET THIS

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>> No.9353468
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Sea Pigs would seem to qualify.

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>> No.9353530

>>9349063
>>9349706
>>9349755
>>9350265
>>9353468
>>9353470
The ocean: not even once

>> No.9354242

>>9353470
looks like it should be working at the DMV

>> No.9354245

>>9349708
rambutan is fukin delicious goddamn

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American """people"""

>> No.9355958

>>9355940
turk alert

>> No.9356099
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I fucking hate parasites

>> No.9357567
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>>9349706

Uma delícia

>> No.9357577

>>9356099
Why don't you an hero then?

>> No.9357596

>>9350265
I can't bring myself to open the picture.
I like sleeping thank you very much.

>> No.9357652

>>9357596
Are you a fish?

>> No.9357670
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9357670

>>9357652
Don't be rude

Some nudibranches are pretty weird too.

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>>9353530
>The ocean: not even once

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>> No.9357963

>>9353468
id fuck the shit out of that thing

>> No.9357982

>>9357670
>Don't be rude
grow the fuck up

>> No.9358005
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9358005

/an/ here. Let's play.

>> No.9358006

>>9354242
Heh

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>> No.9358026
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always gets me, the deep sea is more terrifying than space.

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>> No.9358069

>>9358050
desu i wana stick my penis in there and get in on that suction action.

>> No.9358071

Quick someone post that slug that looks like a wittle teenie bunny PLEASE

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>>9358069
tell me more

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>>9358071

>> No.9358124

>>9358039
This tastes good tho.

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>> No.9358214

>>9358045
Was that worm bitten by a radioactive spider?

>> No.9358243

>>9358214
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbVDYSiH-Vw

velvet worms are spoopy desu

>> No.9358257

>>9358243
I want to bite that thing's head off like a gummy worm.

>> No.9358258

>>9358257
they taste pretty bad

>> No.9358267

>>9358258
How do you know?

>> No.9358271

>>9358267
its a fucking worm

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>>9358271
In some parts of the world they eat crickets. Why not a worm?

>> No.9358277

>>9354242
Lost.

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>>9358275
>In some parts of the world they eat crickets.

Because they're so poor they have to eat insects. No first world country consumes insects as a delicacy.

>> No.9358289

>>9358026
Chelsea "Clinton"

>> No.9358293

>>9358282
idk, I've heard people say it's good. Maybe we're missing out by being too prissy to eat bugs.

>> No.9358295

>>9358282
>france
>snails

>> No.9358296

>>9358289
KEEEK

>> No.9358303

>>9358295
>france
>first world country

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>>9358173
>>9358181
>>9358189
Are insects such as these inherently horrifying and ugly, or is it just a method our brain evolved to help us avoid them in the past at a primal level?

What would it be like to see through the veil and experience reality unfiltered and unafraid? Would we see beauty in such a creature?

Looking at it now, I can tell there is complexity and a sort of sophistication of the organism that lends it an air of significance, but I can't say it's aesthetically pleasant.

>> No.9358683

>>9358679
Beauty is subjective you shitlord

>> No.9358841

>>9358679
>insects
I don't think you referred to a single insect in your post.
And as >>9358683 said, different people find different things aesthetically pleasing. There are a lot of insects I could look at for hours, but I have no idea how people can look at Chihuahuas and not think of an oversized rat.

>> No.9358848

>>9358005
are those feathers?

>> No.9358850

>>9358295
>snails
>insects
anon...

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>>9358848
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crinoid

>> No.9358961

>>9358679
>or is it just a method our brain evolved to help us avoid them in the past at a primal level?
this. But disgust for these things are so deeply engrained in human nature that you can say that for all reasons and purposes, they're "inherently" disgusting.

>> No.9358993

>>9358050
Imagine swimming around in the ocean when something brushes your leg, and when you look down, that shit stares back at you.

>> No.9359001

>>9358009
this is some zerg shit

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>>9359001
they're monstrously strong, as well. People have had them sneak into their aquariums from being burrowed in the rocks and only discovered them when all their fish started vanishing overnight.

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>> No.9359032

>>9358055
what the?

>> No.9359037

The whole stinkhorn family of fungi is pretty alien looking.

>> No.9359040

>>9349755
Beautiful

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>>9359037
They're pretty neat. My mushroom gathering slows down a lot in winter but here's some photos for you.

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>> No.9359058

So much disgusting shit in here man. I think I'm going to puke.

>> No.9359061

>>9357982
t. Edgy 17 yo

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>>9359058
have a slime mold on your way out

>> No.9359067

>>9358679
I don't feel fear from these things at all though. It's just revulsion/disgust.

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>>9359042
My favourite is clathrus archeri. When i was little, i was scared of alien invasion when i first found it in a nearby forest (it was rarein my location then).

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>>9359067
amblypyids are friend-tier

>> No.9359092

>>9358050
Beautiful.

>> No.9359096

>>9358101
S N A I L E D
N
A
I
L
E
D

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>>9359042
what would happen if you ate it?

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>>9359109
you would probably just throw up from the smell
plenty of stinkhorn eggs are edible before they develop the slime

>> No.9359115

>>9359104
>he took the bait.jpg

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>> No.9359209

>>9359129
hory shet

captcha: mere 9000

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>> No.9359876

>>9358050
This thing is straight anime KAWAIIII status

>> No.9359892

>>9359114
but..what race is it

>> No.9359920

>>9358282
shrimps are basically insect

>> No.9359922

This is horrifying

>> No.9359926

>>9353530
>lol haha guys I used that funny phrase I saw being used a thousand times, am I cool now?
throw yourself under a train so we won't have to deal with your posts

>> No.9359934

>>9359922
>I am of scientific mind I enjoy studyin-
>KILL EVERYTHING WITH FIRE

disgust conquers all

>> No.9360196

>>9349706
Looks like it would taste like a tomato.

>> No.9360225

>>9350265
literally the aquatic jew

>> No.9360301
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>>9358679
I read water meters once a month in a very rural area, so I've become completely desensitized to any arachnid, insect, or other misc. creepy-crawly. I think I'm qualified to answer your question since I often have to stick my head or arm into a pit with 3 or more black widows.
>Arthropods are like living biomechanical Swiss watches, and they are pretty incredible in that sense.
>They are very dumb, so you can see some pretty interesting responses from different things.
>They perceive the world in an entirely different way that is very difficult to relate to, eg some spiders sensing vibrations, insects sensing with antennae, etc.
>Jumping spider master race.

>> No.9360870

>>9359104
>When your target is a traitor

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>> No.9360980
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Let's talk about parasitoid wasps, /sci/.

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>> No.9360999
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Fun fact: the long tube on its posterior isn't a stinger, but an ovipositor - a long tube the wasp uses to push its eggs into its prey, usually spiders or the larvae of other insects. The wasp larvae then eat the prey from the inside out before emerging as adult wasps.

>> No.9361000

>>9358019
how do bobbit worms know where things are? They're worms, no eyes.

>> No.9361004

>>9360999
I heard that digger wasps have some really weird hermaphroditic life cycles

>> No.9361018

>>9361004
Are you hinting at something you want to get off your chest?

>> No.9361023

>>9361000
Checked. Bobbit worms have five antennae that they use to sense prey.

>>9361004
Depends on the species. Some don't require fertilization by a male wasp.

Related, video of a warrior wasp threat display. Probably some of the most intimidating insect behavior that I've seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_K7Tp97PsE

>> No.9361033

>>9361023
holy fuck, that's scary

>> No.9361044

I remember seeing once a sea creature that was black-and-white-striped with many parts, all moving at once. I cannot remember its name. I don't think it was a Lionfish or any other fish. I had seen a .webm or .mp4 or .gif or some other animated file format of it on imgur. I would like to see it again.

>> No.9361050

>>9361044
Is >>9358005 what you're talking about? It's called a crinoid, usually they're attached to something by a long stem that looks like it's made out of bones. They're pretty cool.

>> No.9361051

>>9361050
Yes, thank you! I didn't even see that image posted in the thread.

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>>9361033
The reason their threat display is so dramatic is that, like bees, their stinger is barbed and kills the wasp if used. It also doesnt help that they have one of the most painful stings of any insect.

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This fish has a transparent head.

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>> No.9361164

>>9359926
>speaks English phrases
>product of the same DNA progenitor
>masturbates and shits
We're all just copies to one extent or another. Ease up on the hate

>> No.9361180

>>9361061
for what purpose

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>>9358029
The octopus was scared of the diver and wasn't as cautious of other threats as it usually would be. The diver killed that octopus and should feel bad.

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>>9358069
>T-thank you anon for that tasty treat
*as octo-chan bites off your dick

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>>9359104

Some aphids have used lateral (horizontal) gene transfer to have plant based pigments. Literally theses things a aphid-plant hybrids. Have the anti GMO fags shove that one up there ass.

>> No.9361655

>>9360977
By all that is holy I pray you: answer me; what is this demon spawn?

>> No.9361685

>>9361180
Its eyes moved inside its head to look straight upward. The green things in there are the eyes.

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>> No.9361747

>>9361655
mantidfly. completely harmless.

>> No.9361760

>>9350265
brb rewatching the bay

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>> No.9361769

>>9360225
salty milk and coins

>> No.9362026
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Male waterbugs carry the eggs on his back. The giant waterbug is the biggest true bug in the world, at about 5''. Those eggs all have the same age and the intact ones seem far from hatching, so the popped ones were probably destroyed somehow.

>>9358026
Well the deep sea really is as far removed an environment from ours as it gets in this planet. It effectively is an alien environ

>>9358043
Hahahaha the way it just stands up in indignation at the end.

>>9361243
Isn't it just absorbing the plant's pigments, kinda like flamingos?

>> No.9362112

>>9361765
Nature is neat

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>>9362112

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>> No.9363527

>>9349063
thats a penis

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>>9353470

>> No.9363534

>>9363498

This is the best cock vore porn I've ever seen

>> No.9363557

>>9363505
>Oh hey, someone lost their casino chi- OH JESUS FUCK

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>> No.9363569

>>9360977
>get that fuckin camera out of face

>> No.9363575

>>9349706
WHY DID YOU KILL THAT PET ROCK?

>> No.9363657

>>9363575
Because it's fucking delicious, that's why

>> No.9363990

>>9357722
Insectoids

>> No.9363996
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im so sorry for mobile posting but im too sick to get up rn

>> No.9364019

>>9363996
sea slug?

>> No.9364023

>>9364019
Sea-Buttefly, they’re a kind of sea snail
that can swim in deep pelagic waters

>> No.9364047
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9364047

>>9364023
they're cute
have a cave-woodlouse

>> No.9364049

>>9359032
big squid

>> No.9364129

damn boys
imagine all the drugs that are hiding in the sea
i mean we got weed and shrooms on here
but imagine those fucking
DEEP SEA SHROOMS
that are just waiting down there for us to discover them and just get blasted af

>> No.9364150

>>9358050
QTe octopus gf when

>> No.9364156

>>9358303
>france
>NATO
>not 1st world

>> No.9364157

>>9358993
I'd be down.
Never done that japanese shit either way, might as well.

>> No.9364246

>>9363498
Who won?

>> No.9364338

>>9350265

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua

“The tongue-eating louse. This parasite enters fish through the gills, and then attaches itself to the fish's tongue. The female attaches to the tongue and the male attaches on the gill arches beneath and behind the female … The parasite severs the blood vessels in the fish's tongue, causing the tongue to fall off. It then attaches itself to the stub of what was once its tongue and becomes the fish's new tongue. “

>> No.9364348

>>9353456
wtf is that

>> No.9364359
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9364359

>>9357722
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

>> No.9364361

>>9358015
What is this?

>> No.9364382

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade

This one actually is an alien tho

>> No.9364390
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9364390

>>9364361

>> No.9364391

>>9364361
>>9364390
>forgot image
>seplied to wrong post with image
kill me

>> No.9364740

>>9364391
I was wondering wtf was going on

>> No.9364769

>>9363505
A fucking oreo cookie

>> No.9364785
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9364785

Every drawing I've ever seen of opabinia makes them look bigger and more interesting than they really are. Same for hallucigenia.

>> No.9364812

>>9364785
A lot of Cambrian explosion animals are fucking aliens though

>> No.9364820
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9364820

To me, viruses will always be just completely insane and alien

>> No.9365111

>>9364785
SNIBBEDI SNAB!
captcha: clam art

>> No.9365122

>>9357670
That a subnautica screencap and you know it.

>> No.9365154

>>9361180
Pretty sure that it eats jellyfish or something and it's eye are behind its clear skull so they can't get stung.

>> No.9365170

>>9365154
No. I was right.
>>9361685

>> No.9365427

>>9364246
>Leech consumes the worm
>Is now possessed by the worm's ideals
Worm wins, no contest.

>> No.9365439

>>9359153
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRRM4FWtAVc
>this kills the crab

>> No.9365447

>>9359066
Fun fact: slime molds can predate other organisms.

>> No.9365622

>>9363498
This gives me an idea for a whole new class of sex toys.

>> No.9365630
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9365630

>>9364338
That's like a hundred times worse with context. I thought it just ate the tongue and left.

>> No.9365638

>>9359114
tasty

>> No.9365706

>>9364348


meiosis
anaphase

>> No.9365721

>>9364348
looks like the nucleus being transported along the cytoskeleton by whatever you call that protein
looks super weird

>> No.9366501
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9366501

>>9358015
reminds me of this desu senpai

>> No.9367727

>>9361070
Fuck those things and their shit-eating grin

>> No.9367732

>>9364820
Are those considered living beings? Or just complex molecules and proteins?

>> No.9367913

>>9367732
>just complex molecules and proteins
That sounds like prokaryotes to me too. You're posting an important question. I believe there's seven characteristics that quantify biologic "living" and viruses don't pass all seven so they're "not fully alive". All very spooky

>> No.9367952

>>9361061
he seems sad